Free online courses
World History

Free online courses


Ok, maybe you don't teach philosophy. But you might teach Greece and the free introductory online courses from Open Culture look very interesting. And the links to other online courses from great college instructors look really cool. There are lectures about Hannibal from a Stanford professor and dozens of other history lectures. I'll definitely watch a couple this summer.




- Free Medieval History Courses
Several universities are putting complete courses online for free now. Visitors can peruse course materials and watch lectures even if they do not get any academic credit for it. MIT is probably the best known for this but some other schools are as well...

- Online Reference Book For Medieval Studies
Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies An academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field...

- Mooc Free Summer Courses
With summer approaching very quickly (yes I still have students until June 18th!), there may be time for you to recharge and try something else.  One thing you might want to do is to take free courses online called a Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)....

- More Free Classes From Princeton, Stanford, And Others
A History of the World from 1300, from Princeton, no less. But you have to wait until the fall when it will be available to the public. In the meantime, especially with summer on the way, you can console yourself with the other 450 free courses available...

- Academic Earth
Here is a great resource. Academic Earth is a collaboration between Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA and Yale that provides full video courses and lectures for free. There are video lectures that cover both US and World History, as well...



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